Satellite Cloud Product
NESDIS produces a Satellite Cloud Product (SCP) that supplements the ASOS ceilometer readings. This page merges the SCP data with the METAR observations for a given UTC date. Cloud level values are presented in feet above ground level. ECA represents estimated cloud amount expressed in percentage. An IEM Web Service provided the following JSON dataset for this page. Data is available for some sites back to 1993.
| SCP Valid UTC | METAR Valid Local | Satellite East Sounder | Satellite West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 33000 | 73 | OVC | 26000 - 37000 | 67 | OVC@400 | KCDN 060555Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR OVC004 05/05 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 36000 | 84 | OVC | 29000 - 38000 | 67 | OVC@400 | KCDN 060655Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR OVC004 05/04 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 34000 | 84 | BKN | 31000 - 37000 | 58 | OVC@300 | KCDN 060755Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR OVC003 05/04 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 37000 | 93 | BKN | 31000 - 38000 | 50 | OVC@300 | KCDN 060855Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR OVC003 05/04 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||